TV Beats Forum, focusing on scripted series as part of Industry @ Tallinn & Baltic Event, presents eight European series projects to be pitched at the TV Beats Co-Financing Market. Five recently completed titles will be screened as part of the event.

The TV Beats Co-Financing Market, taking place for the fifth time in 2025, showcases exciting new drama series projects with international sales and distribution potential.

According to Petri Kemppinen and Roosa Toivonen, the co-heads of TV Beats Forum, this year’s selection offers a panorama of enriching storytelling from across Europe:

“Europe is an incredibly diverse tapestry of countries, cultures, languages and geopolitical history. Europe’s story is the story of borderlands in flux, of political systems under pressure, of generational rifts and ethical compromises. The eight drama series in development span genres, geographies, and different voices, to give us glimpses of who we were, are or might become in an era of rapid change. From crime to comedy, from historical reckonings to family sagas, these stories open windows into Europe’s contested past and precarious present.”

The projects of TV Beats Co-Financing market 2025 are

1. Abduction of Yossele Schumacher. (Israel, Germany) Producer: Eran Riklis Production company: Eran Riklis Productions Ltd
2. Business as Usual. (Estonia) Producer: Evelin Pentillä Production company: Stellar Film
3. Chasing the Clouds (Croatia) Producer: Karla Lulic Production company: Dobar Film
4. Dark Waters (Spain) Producers: Juan Solá, Mark Abela, Tono Folguera, Maria Rocher Production company: Federation Spain
5. Frontwards (Slovakia, Czechia) Producers: Jana Kluková, Jirina Budikova Production companies: KFS Production, Česká Televize
6. Helsinki 1939 (Finland) Producers: Sara Norberg, Eero Hietala Production company: Take Two Studios
7. Nuclear Sunset Cruise (Germany, Spain, Estonia, Lithuania, Latvia) Producers: Martin Lehwald, Philipp Goeser Production companies: Schiwago Film GmbH
8. Wool (Serbia, Iceland) Producers: Milena Dzambasovic, Danna Stern, Hörður Rúnarsson Production companies: Film Road Production, ACT4, In Transit Productions

Out of the eight projects, which will be pitched in Tallinn on 17–18 November 2025, seven are eligible for the Council of Europe Series Co-Production Development Award, worth €50,000. After the pitches, the jury will select the most promising project to receive the award.

This award is part of the Pilot Programme for Series Co-Productions, an initiative of the Council of Europe, and is open to independent producers from all Eurimages member states. After the pitches, the jury will select the most promising project out of the seven eligible projects to receive the award.

For the second consecutive year, TV Beats will introduce five newly completed drama series to sales agents, distributors, and professionals from the local and international TV and film industry. The 2025 line-up features productions from the Nordic countries, Eastern Europe, and Spain, including titles developed in collaboration with Canal+ and HBO Max Spain.

“Once again, we’ve put together an intriguing selection of fresh drama. This year, we’ve integrated the screenings into the main days of TV Beats Forum, so that the days start and end with a screening not to be missed!”, said Toomas Ili, the curator of the screenings.

The titles of TV Beats Screenings

1. The Danish Woman (France, Iceland)
   A dark comedy starring European Film Award nominee Trine Dyrholm as Ditte Jensen, a former Danish Secret Service officer who retires to a quiet apartment block in Reykjavik.
   Written by Ólafur Egill Egilsson and Benedikt Erlingsson, and directed by Benedikt Erlingsson.
   Producers: Marianne Slot, Carine Leblanc, Thor Snær Sigurjónsson, Birgitta Björnsdóttir, Marc Gabizon.
   Production company: SLOT MACHINE
   Co-production companies: CULLSLOTTID, ZIK ZAK FILMWORKS.

2. Icebreaker (Finland)
   A suspenseful mystery in which a routine rescue operation becomes a chilling nightmare.
   Directed by Pete Riski, written by Mia Ylönen, Tuuli Kanervankallio, and Nuutti Sihvonen.
   Winner of the 2024 MIPDrama Coup de Cœur Award in Cannes.
   Producers: Anniina Leppänen, Mia Ylönen.
   Production company: Helsinki-filmi.

3. In Darkness (Estonia)
   A tense and emotionally charged drama exploring a family’s struggle for survival after a sudden societal and infrastructural collapse.
   Written by Ove Musting and Marian Vridolin, directed by Ove Musting.
   Producer: Jaan Laugamõts.
   Production company: Downtown Pictures.

4. Moloch Files (Czechia, Slovakia, Ukraine)
   A political thriller following investigative journalist Martin Braun and online sleuth Julia as they pursue the truth behind an attack on the President of the Czech Republic.Written by Štefan Titka; directed by Lukáš Hanulák.
   Producers: Lukáš Hanulák, Vratislav Šlajer, Bára Mudrová, Lada Dobrkovská, Jakub Košťál, Kataryna Vyshnevska.
   Production companies: Bionaut s.r.o., Raketa s.r.o.
   Co-production partner: Canal+.

5. Pubertat – Secrets, Lies, and Human Castles (Spain)
   Set in a picturesque coastal town, this gripping drama begins when allegations of abuse against a teenager surface on social media, forcing the entire community to confront buried secrets and lies.
   Written by Leticia Dolera, Almudena Monzú, and David Gallart; directed by Leticia Dolera.
   Producers: Oriol Maymó, Miriam Porté, Arnauld de Battice.
   Production companies: Corte y Confección de Películas, Distinto Films, Uri Films, AT-Prod, Altres Films.
   Co-production companies: 3Cat, HBO Max Spain, Beta Film.

TV Beats Forum will take place in Tallinn and online on 17-18 November 2025 as part of Industry@Tallinn & Baltic Event.

Photo: Still from Chasing the Clouds.